The central tendency: A second factor in bond yields

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-72

  Balduzzi, Pierluigi ^a   Das Ranjan, Sanjiv ^a   Foresi, Silverio ^a  

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EID: 0040083051     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557339     Document Type: Article

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